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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
500 PM EDT MON APR 03 2023

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...THE AUGUSTA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1948 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             85   03/31/1998
 LOW             -11   03/01/1982
HIGHEST           54   03/27         60      -6       68  03/18
LOWEST            15   03/01          3      12        1  03/01
AVG. MAXIMUM    43.4               40.6     2.8     44.4
AVG. MINIMUM    28.0               23.4     4.6     26.3
MEAN            35.7               32.0     3.7     35.4
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                5.8    -4.8        5
DAYS MIN <= 32    26               25.9     0.1       21
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.6    -0.6        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.71   1953
 MINIMUM        0.59   1965
TOTALS          1.94               3.21   -1.27     3.75
DAILY AVG.      0.06               0.10   -0.04     0.12
DAYS >= .01       10               11.0    -1.0       13
DAYS >= .10        6                6.5    -0.5        8
DAYS >= .50        1                2.1    -1.1        3
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.6    -0.6        1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.63   03/04


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    902               1023    -121      911
 SINCE 7/1      5292               6243    -951     5482
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    38/360    DATE  03/14
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    51/010    DATE  03/14

SKY COVER
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.47

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     63

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     HEAVY RAIN                 0
RAIN                      0     LIGHT RAIN                 3
FREEZING RAIN             0     LT FREEZING RAIN           0
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       4
LIGHT SNOW               12     FOG                       13
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     6     HAZE                       4

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

THE SNOWY PATTERN THAT SET IN ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AT THE END
OF FEBRUARY CONTINUED INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. THIS PATTERN WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEGATIVE PHASE OF THE NAO THAT HELPED TO KEEP
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS FROM TRACKING TO THE WEST OF NEW ENGLAND.
INSTEAD, LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TRACKED FROM THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND KEEPING THE AUGUSTA AREA ON THE
COLDER AND SNOWIER SIDE OF THE SYSTEMS. AS ONE SYSTEM EXITED ON THE
1ST ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM CROSSED ON THE 2ND BRINGING LIGHT SNOW. A
MORE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM TRACKED ALONG THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
COASTLINE ON THE 4TH THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS
CENTRAL MAINE. THEREAFTER, THE ACTIVE PATTERN TRANSITIONED TO A DRY
ONE UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING SEVERAL
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IMPACTED NEW
ENGLAND FROM LATE ON THE 13TH UNTIL THE MORNING OF THE 15TH. DESPITE
THIS SYSTEM BEING A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH A FAVORABLE
TRACK FOR SNOW AS IT CROSSED THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE, THE AXIS OF
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WAS DISPLACED FAR TO THE NORTHWEST OVER
VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THEREFORE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MAINE
INCLUDING THE AUGUSTA AREA RECEIVED LITTLE PRECIPITATION FROM THIS
SYSTEM WHILE PORTIONS OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE SAW UPWARDS OF 1
TO 2 FEET OF SNOW. THE REST OF THE MONTH WAS RELATIVELY QUIET WITH
TEMPERATURES RUNNING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, EXCEPT FOR A TREND
TO BELOW NORMAL DURING THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 35.7 DEGREES, WHICH WAS
3.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 7TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD. THE
WARMEST MARCH WAS IN 2010 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 39.4
DEGREES. THE COLDEST WAS IN 2014 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS
24.5 DEGREES. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD.

WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN MARCH (SINCE 1948)...
RANK  TEMP  YEAR
1     39.4  2010
2     38.9  2012
3     38.7  2000
4     38.0  1073
5     37.9  1977
6     36.0  1079
7     35.7  2023  <===
      35.7  1999
9     35.5  2020
10    35.4  2022

A TOTAL OF 1.94 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.27 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 4TH WHEN A
LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.64 INCHES WAS MEASURED. THE DRIEST MARCH ON
RECORD WAS IN 1965 WHEN ONLY 0.59 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE
WETTEST WAS 9.71 INCHES IN 1953.

NO RECORDS WERE SET OR TIED AT AUGUSTA IN MARCH.

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